Science and Culture Today Discovering Design in Nature

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Douglas Axe
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Günter Bechly
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Michael J. Behe
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David Berlinski
David Berlinski
Eric Cassell
David Coppedge
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William A. Dembski
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Michael Denton
Michael Egnor
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Michael Flannery
Ann Gauger
Howard Glicksman
Guillermo Gonzalez at Garden of the Gods, July 2022
Guillermo Gonzalez
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Bruce Gordon
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Eric Hedin
Cornelius Hunter
Cornelius G. Hunter
Stephen J. Iacoboni
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David Klinghoffer
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Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig
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Casey Luskin
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Andrew McDiarmid
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Jonathan McLatchie
Stephen C. Meyer
Brian Miller
Walter Myers III
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Paul Nelson
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Denyse O’Leary
Emily Reeves
Emily Sandico
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Granville Sewell
Robert Shedinger
Geoffrey Simmons
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Wesley J. Smith
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Rob Stadler
Neil Thomas
Jonathan Wells
John G. West
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Daniel Witt
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Internet

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Author
William A. Dembski
Date
May 11, 2023
Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Neuroscience & Mind
Origin of Life
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Using Intelligent Design to Train ChatGPT to Lay Aside Bias

William A. Dembski
May 11, 2023
Biology, Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind, Origin of Life
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This exchange from yesterday underscores the need for “prompt engineers” that know how best to use and direct ChatGPT. Read More ›
Amazon Echo Dot
Photo credit: Michael Sheehan, CC BY 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Author
Nathan Jacobson
Date
March 17, 2023
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Bioethics
Neuroscience & Mind
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Depths of Design: Talking Boxes

Nathan Jacobson
March 17, 2023
Bioethics, Neuroscience & Mind
5
Our talking boxes take our requests, run their routines, and send out results but understand nothing, whether or not they’re made in China. Read More ›
storytelling
Image credit: John Everett Millais, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Author
David Klinghoffer
Date
February 1, 2023
Categories
Bioethics
Human Exceptionalism
Intelligent Design
Science
Technology
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By Design: Storytelling Reveals Human Exceptionalism

David Klinghoffer
February 1, 2023
Bioethics, Human Exceptionalism, Intelligent Design, Science, Technology
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That humans enjoy being made to wait seems to have been deliberately built into us. It’s unique in nature, an intelligent design. Read More ›
Dave Farina
Photo: Dave Farina, via YouTube.
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Author
Günter Bechly
Date
December 13, 2022
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Evolution
Intelligent Design
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Postscript: “Professor Dave” and His Attack on Me

Günter Bechly
December 13, 2022
Evolution, Intelligent Design
2
While it was an affair of honor to defend others, I personally do not consider Farina to be a worthy opponent. Read More ›
Ventral death-mask of Kimberella quadrata
Ventral death-mask of Kimberella quadrata
Kimberella quadrata, an Edicaran organism, by Masahiro miyasaka / CC BY-SA (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0).
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Author
Günter Bechly
Date
December 1, 2022
Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Paleontology
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“Lying on the Internet”? Debunking Dave Farina on Stephen Meyer

Günter Bechly
December 1, 2022
Evolution, Intelligent Design, Paleontology
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A lot of nonsense gets published in peer-reviewed journals and it needs expertise to separate the wheat from the chaff. Farina lacks any expertise to do this. Read More ›
a ship in a storm
Image credit: Georges Jansoone (JoJan), CC BY 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Author
David Klinghoffer
Date
November 22, 2022
Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Science Education
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Our Education Isn’t Free: Let’s Say “Thank You!” for It Together

David Klinghoffer
November 22, 2022
Evolution, Intelligent Design, Science Education
3
The culture out there is the violent waves and stormy winds that oppose us, and would plunge us to the bottom of the sea if they could. Read More ›
leaf hopper
Photo: A leaf hopper, by Cowli33, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Author
William A. Dembski
Date
September 1, 2022
Categories
Biology
Engineering
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Mathematics
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Rosenhouse’s Whoppers: Seeing Patterns in Biology Is Like Seeing Dragons in the Clouds

William A. Dembski
September 1, 2022
Biology, Engineering, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Mathematics
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Since the flagellum gets so overused in the debate between ID and Darwinism, let’s change the system. Consider the leaf hopper. Read More ›
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Photo: Harvester ants at the entrance to their nest, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Author
Eric Cassell
Date
April 7, 2022
Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
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To Regulate Foraging, Harvester Ants Use a (Designed) Feedback Control Algorithm

Eric Cassell
April 7, 2022
Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences
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These elements of harvester ant behavior present a severe challenge for the evolutionary paradigm. Read More ›
trilobite
Photo credit: Björn Wylezich on Adobe Stock.
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Author
David Klinghoffer
Date
March 9, 2022
Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
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“Darwin’s Nightmare”: First Episode of YouTube Series with Lukas Ruegger 

David Klinghoffer
March 9, 2022
Evolution, Intelligent Design
3
Relatively brief videos have emerged as one of the most dynamic and influential forms of education out there. Read More ›
harvester ants
Photo: Harvester ants, by Donkey shot, CC BY-SA 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Date
March 4, 2022
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Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
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Ants Use Algorithms Similar to Those of the Internet

Science & Culture
March 4, 2022
Intelligent Design, Life Sciences
3
Optimization algorithms enable the ant colony to decide how many ants to send to a given food source and when to drastically reduce the number. Read More ›

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